Justin Burns is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, executing, and managing investments, primarily within asset-based opportunities.

Before joining Blue Owl, Justin was a Managing Director at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he was a senior member of the Financial Asset investment team and a member of the firm's investment committee. Prior to that, Justin was an investment banking analyst at Citigroup where he covered the Power & Utilities sector.

Justin received his BS in Business Management with concentrations in Finance and Corporate Reporting & Analysis from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Michael Burns is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Institutional Capital, EMEA. In his role, he focuses on working with the firm's current and prospective clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Before joining Blue Owl, Michael was an Executive Vice President at PIMCO, a global asset management firm focused on fixed income, private credit and real estate, working both in the US and Europe. He had several roles over 20 years there, most recently as head of the UK, Ireland and EMEA Consultant Relations business. Prior to that, he was head of Northern Europe. Michael began his career as a fixed income portfolio manager at the TCW Group, working in the Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities team.

Michael received his BA in Economics from Boston College, where he was a Dean's List member. He also received an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Michael is also a CFA charterholder.

Brent Butler is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he is responsible for managing the firm’s strategic distribution partnerships in Canada.

Before joining Blue Owl, Brent spent over 11 years at RBC in various roles, most recently within the Private Wealth division.

Brent is actively involved with several nonprofit organizations and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors of the John Tavares Foundation. He was also a founding member of the Young Professional Committee for Ronald McDonald House Toronto.

Brent received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University, graduating with Honours, and maintains Series 7 and Series 63 registrations.

Lauren Buxbaum is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Human Resources Team. In her role, Lauren makes talent at Blue Owl a strategic advantage by partnering with team members on leadership effectiveness, executive coaching, and broader talent development initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Lauren founded Agility Advisers, a talent strategies consulting firm, and held executive Human Resources roles at Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, PIMCO, and BNY Mellon. Prior to this, as an investment banker, she advised corporate treasury groups on financial solutions to business problems, specializing in high yield interest rate hedging.

She received a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Columbia University in the City of New York and is enrolled to earn a second master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, also at Columbia University. Previously she studied at the London School of Economics and earned a BA in Economics from Binghamton University.

Lauren sits on the Advisory Council for Action Against Hunger.

Melissa Callahan is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Marketing Team. Before joining Blue Owl, Melissa was an Events Manager at Warburg Pincus. Prior to that she was an Events Manager at White & Case LLP focusing on the firm’s event initiatives in North and South America.

Melissa received her BA in Communications from James Madison University.

Jerry Cammarata is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. Before joining Blue Owl, Jerry was the Chief Financial Officer of Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. At Atalaya, Jerry was responsible for all finance, accounting, operations and tax functions as well as chairman of the firm’s Valuation Committee and member of the firm’s Enterprise Risk Committee. Prior to joining Atalaya in 2012, Jerry was a Vice President with Torchlight Investors where he was responsible for the accounting and operations of various commercial real estate debt funds (both private and ’40 Act registered funds). While at Torchlight, Jerry also served as the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. Jerry began his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young, LLP where he worked on audit engagements for hedge funds, private equity, and mutual funds of various strategies and sizes.

Jerry holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA in Accounting, Finance, and Taxation, both from Fairfield University. He is a New York State Certified Public Accountant.

Lee Campbell is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, Lee heads Accounting Policy and financial diligence for M&A activities.

Lee has 28 years’ experience and prior to joining Blue Owl he held positions at MetLife (2 years), AIG (10 years), PwC (10 years) and other auditing firms (5 years). At MetLife he led a team of 10+ people in Accounting Policy for investments, financial diligence for M&A activities & supported SEC reporting. At AIG he was the Global Head of Accounting Policy Team of 30+ people with locations in NYC, London, Houston, and Tokyo while overseeing financial diligence efforts for M&A activities and the Learning & Development Group. At PricewaterhouseCoopers he was a Senior Manager in audit and completed a three tour in the firm’s National Office.

Lee is a CPA in NJ/NY and received a BSBA in Accounting from Old Dominion University.

Shane Cantwell is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on evaluating investment opportunities and capital markets coverage. 

Shane joined Blue Owl when the firm acquired Wellfleet Credit Partners, the predecessor to Blue Owl’s Liquid Credit team, which he joined at its founding. Prior to that, he was a member of the leveraged loan capital markets team at Credit Suisse. 

Shane received his BA from Fairfield University.

Lamar Cardinez is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on evaluating investment opportunities, underwriting transactions and capital raising for the Blue Owl HomeCourt Partners Fund.

Before joining Blue Owl, Lamar was an Investment Banking Associate at Guggenheim Securities. Prior to that, Lamar was a member of the National Football League’s Junior Rotational Program where he worked in various media and business development roles and spent time at the 2014 Super Bowl Host Committee and Madison Square Garden.

Lamar received a BS in Business Administration from Northeastern University, where he graduated with honors, and received an MBA from Cornell University's Johnson College of Business.

In 2024, Lamar was named to Private Equity International’s Future 40 list in its Dealmakers category.

Nicole Cardona is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Tax Team. In her role, she focuses on product structuring, tax compliance, investor reporting and operations for the Real Assets platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Nicole was a Senior Vice President at Fortress, focused on tax compliance and investor reporting of the credit funds. Prior to that, Nicole began her career with PwC in the Real Estate Asset Management and Private Company Services practices.

Nicole received a BS in Accounting from Boston College and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey.